[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 143 (Thursday, September 14, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S13624]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       SIERRA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL
 Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, too often the only thing we hear 
about the youth of our country is that they do not care about anything 
but themselves. A tiny little school of 348 kids in the San Luis Valley 
of Colorado proves that statement is untrue. Friday, September 15, is 
their homecoming and the students of Sierra Grande Schools have chosen 
to celebrate their citizenship of this country by having the theme: 
``Land of the Free, Home of the Brave.''
  The Panthers of Sierra Grande will have their football and volleyball 
games--hopefully being victorious-- but the big moment of the day will 
not be the games or dance or bonfire or crowning of the royalty, it 
will be when the school dedicates a 65-foot flag pole and a 20 by 30 
foot garrison flag trumpeting the allegiance to this great country of 
this school and the communities of Fort Garland and Blanca that it 
represents. With the 14,000 foot Mount Blanca in the background, the 
flag will be a reminder to all who pass the school that patriotism and 
pride in our country is alive and well in the San Luis Valley.
  After the singing of the Star Spangled Banner and the raising of the 
flag, a group of four Colorado Air National Guard jets will fly over 
the field breaking the silence of our memory of the POWs and MIAs who 
gave precious life that the students might receive and enjoy the gift 
of democracy.
  The students of Sierra Grande are to be congratulated for their 
reminder that there are still those who cherish the ideals of freedom 
and democratic choice.


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